Education
He studied composition with Professor Gideon Lewensohn and Professor Betty Olivero and composes symphonic music, chamber music, electronic music, and music for solo instruments.
He studied composition with Professor Gideon Lewensohn and Professor Betty Olivero and composes symphonic music, chamber music, electronic music, and music for solo instruments.
Cohen is working as a teacher, composer, and jazz performer. Cohen is the Chairman of the Israel Composers" League and an active member in ACUM (Authors, Composers & Publishers Association). Since 2003, he is a lecturer at the Department of Music in Bar-Ilan University.
Cohen is also lecturer in Levinsky College of Education and in the Open University Music Departments.
Cohen"s music has been performed at events including "Anterior Cruciate Ligament Asian Contemporary Music Festival" (2003/Japan, 2009/of Korea, 2012/Israel, 2013/Singapore), ISCM, contemporary music festival "Moscow Autumn" (2006), "Aberdeen Music Prize" (2011), 34th Annual "Bowling Green New Music Festival" (2013), "Israeli Music Festival" (2004, 2012). 2010 ACUM Prize for his work "Echoes of Eternity" - Fantasia for violin solo and orchestra.
Cohen"s music has been performed by musicians and ensembles like SNU Symphony Orchestra (of Korea), the Moscow Contemporary Music Ensemble (Moscow), members of the British Broadcasting Corporation Scottish Symphony Orchestra (Scotland), Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music (Japan), T"ang Quartet (Singapore), Street Andrews New Music Ensemble (Scotland), Ensemble Kaprizma (Israel), Israel Contemporary Players, the Arab & Jewish ensembles of the Israeli Philharmonic Orchestra, The Tel-Aviv Soloists Ensemble, The Israel Kibbutz Orchestra, Israel Sinfonietta orchestra of Beer-Sheva and many others